Strip-serving device.



I F. s. ANABLE. STRIP SERVING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. I0, 1908.

1,191,056. Patented July 11, 1916.

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FREDERICK S. ANABLE, 015 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T0 NATIONALBIND- ING MACHINE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, 'N. Y-.,

A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

. s'rarr-snavine Davies.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 10, 1908. Serial No. 410,098.

vided with means for holding a; strip-supsuch ply previouslygummed ononeside, strip beingadapted to be withdrawn in's'e lected lengths, andfurther provided with means for moistening the gummed side of the stripas the latter is withdrawn. It is apparentth'at an ungummed strip ofpaper or the like might be employed 7 and the moistening device beutilized for applying adhesive to the side of the withdrawn strip.

My invention reference to the following description when taken inconnection with the accompanying illustration of one specific embodimentthereof, while its scope will be more particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation showing a strip servingapparatus embody- I POSltlOIl, but herein the same s secured uping oneform of my invention; Fig. 2 is a plan view of a portion thereof, on anenlarged scale; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 looking toward thesevering device and with certain parts removed; Fig. 4: is a sideelevation of the moistening, severing and guiding means on an enlargedscale; Fig. 5 showsa modified arrangement of moistening device; and Fig.6 shows a further modion the drawings the free end of the strip and,drawing the will be best understood by ing blade are upon oppositeservice path of the strip, so that the strip which the free end drawnfrom the roll as represented in the drawings, passing out beneath theguide roll 2. The holder is mounted upon a suitable base 3 and kept insuitable operative relation to the various cooperating devices, all ofwhich are mounted on the frame-work 4. In the illustrated embodiment ofthe invention the arrangement of the cooperating elements is such thatthe operator may seize gummed side thereof over and in contact with asuitable moistening device may then desired length to sever-aselectedlength thereof by drawing the strip into contact means. It isobvious that any suitable Patented July ii, 191s.

with suitable severing mechanism may be employed to accomplish thisresult. In the illustrated form of the invention inFig. 1, I have showna moistening'devicein the form of a roller 5 journaled in the frame-work4L and'partlyimmersed within the reservoir 6, the latter containingwater or adhesive according as a gummed "or ungummed strip is employed.The roller may be covered with any suitable absorbent material, such asflannel cloth or the like, and, in place of the roller, I

a stationary pad or wicking or the like, or other suitablemoisteningmeans may be employed.

cooperatively arranged relatively to the moistening roller 5 is suitablesevering means,the same herein comprising a severing blade 7, againstthe edge of which the strip is adapted to bedrawnfor' severing.

This blade may be placed in any} suitable right and fixedly to theframe-work 4:. Its position may be inclined'to the normal plane of thestrip, and herein' is shown as at substantially right-angles thereto, sothat, in orderto engage the cutting edge of the knife, the strip may belifted and turned or partly turned about one edge through an angle ofapproximately 90. Thesevering blade is positioned above the service pathof the strip, so that to sever the strip the latter is deflectedupwardly from its service path by the operative after the desired lengthof strip has been drawn "from the strip roll in contact with themoisten-er. fIn other words, the moistener-and the "seversides of theend is swung upwardly for severance, after of the strip drops from themoistener, but not into moistening relation therewith, and remains withits free end projecting into space in proximity to the moistener and inposition permitting its free endto be readily grasped for further draft.

To prevent accidental injury to the severing knife or contact therewithon the part of the operator, there is preferably, though not ncessarily,provided guarding means which normally cover or protect the said knife,but which may be withdrawn automatically on movement of the strip itselftoward a severing position. To accomplish this, there is provided thesheath 8 having a U-shaped cross section which may be swung up from theside substantially to cover the knife or withdraw from it at will. Thissheath is secured to the rock shaft 9 journaled on the frame-work, andconnected at its .opposite end to the forked or slit guide 10 throughthe open slit of which the strip rests and through which the same isdrawn as the operator extracts a strip section from the apparatus. Whenthe operator lifts the strip to turn the same against the severingknife, the guide 10 is also lifted and turned with the result that thesheath 8 is thrown back by the rock shaft 9 away from the knife, therebyclearing the latter for free unimpeded cutting contact with the strip,thus permitting the latter to be severed with out obstruction from thesheath. In other words, the sheath is automatically withdrawn throughinitial severing movement. The severing blade or knife is here shown asextending substantially radially to the moistener roll 5. The unseveredor remaining section of the strip is immediately returned to its normalposition by the guide 10 through the action of the spiral spring 11attached to the rock shaft. The strip severing blade 7 is arrangedsubstantially radially with respect to the moistening means and aspositioned permits the return of the free end of the strip afterseverance to a position in close proximity to but out of contact withthe moistening roller 5. This described positioning of the blade permitsthe strip to be severed along a line normal to V the edges of the strip.Moreover, it will be observed that the strip severing blade is laterallybeyond but is closely adjacent one lateral edge of the strip. Thispositioning of the blade permits the lateral deflection and turning ofthe strip for severance.

It is obvious that guarding means might be employed in combination withsevering devices of other construction and'location than the specificone here shown, and that the severing device might be freed from theobstruction of theguard either by its own movement or by the combinedmovement of the guard and the severing device, or in various other wayswhich it is not here necessary to specify, all being within the broadand contemplated scope of this invention.

The movement of the strip toward a position of severance causes thesame, in that specific form of my invention here selected forillustration, to assume a turned or partly turned position under strain,producing a tendency to tear the strip at some point in its length. Suchtear or rupture would obviously tend to start along that edge of thestrip which is lifted. In order to distribute the strain evenly to thestrip when turned or partly turned, so that the strip will be drawnfirmly across the severing knife without danger of rupture in any otherpoint in its length, there is preferably provided guiding means whichwill present a cooper ating guiding surface conforming to the 1 strip inits turned or partially turned posi the strip and extends transverselyof the strip and is so positioned that the ungummed face of the stripcontacts with the said cooperating guiding surface during the severingoperation. In the present instance, such guiding means is illustrated inthe form of a cone-shaped guiding roller 12, suitably located betweenthe severing device and the holder, and journaled upon the frame-work sothat the strip is caused to pass beneath 3 the same. The said roller isarranged with its smaller end or diameter over the edge of the stripwhich is to be lifted at the time of severance, so that when so liftedagainst the knife, when the latter is positioned as here shown the stripwill contact with the face of the roller and be permitted the half turnnecessary to sever the same without producing undue strain upon thestrip or disturbance thereof within the holder, or at any other pointalong its length.

Obviously other devices than the cone shaped roller 12 may be employedfor per forming the intended function in the combination shown, and adevice of this character for evenly distributing the strain in atensioned and turned or partly turned strip has useful and novelapplication to strip serving devices outside of the particularcombination herein shown and although the strip may be kept incontinuous turned condition and in constant contact with the guidingmeans. In other words, I regard such guiding means within my inventionirrespective of the specific form of apparatus herein shown or theparticular location or construction herein described of the severingmeansor other elements herein disclosed, or the fact that the strip isbrought into contact with the said guiding means intermittently only inthat embodiment of my invention herein illustrated.

It will be observed that the framework 4: carries a wall 13, betweenwhich and the guide rollers 2 and 12 the strip is caused to pass. Thiswall is preferably extended beneath the slit guide 10 and over the midportion of the moistening roller 5 as shown, or such other means orconstruction of said wall are preferably adopted that the unsevered andremaining portion of the strip will be kept out of contact with themoistening roller. In the present instance, the severing knife islocated directly over and above the mid portion of the moistening rollerand in such relation to the roller and the end or lip of the wall 13that the strip when lifted and turned will be severed along a line whichseparates the unmoistened area of the strip and the moistened areathereof, so that only the portion to be severed will be moistened, theunsevered or remaining portion being returned by the slit guide 10 torest loosely over the wall 13 and in a position where it can be readilyseized by the operator for the extraction of an additional selectedlength when desired. It is obvious that the moistening of the severedportion of the strip 7 area strip is unmoistened. but that the strip ispositioned only may be obtained in various other ways than that hereindescribed; also that the severing means may be caused to move againstthe strip instead of the strip against the severing means, or that bothmay undergo movement, or that other constructions of severing means andmoistening means than the specific ones herein shown may be employedwithout departing from the spirit. of the invention.

It will be evident not only that the strip is severed at the rear limitof the moistened so that the unsevered portion of the drawn in astraight line from the strip roll or from the guide roll 2 to and acrossthe moistener, and that the free end of the strip after severance isprevented from dropping into contact with the moistener; Furthermore thefree end of thestrip, after severance is readily accessible to thefingers and thumb of the user. The strip roll is itself upright, andwhen the severing blade is so as to require turning of the strip tobring the latter into severing relation therewith, as represented inthisform of my invention, the free end of the strip after severance isat once automatically returned to a fiat or normal position, sothat thestrip extends in an untwisted condition or normal condition from thestrip roll to its free end. Moreover the draft upon the strip cientcapacity to frequent refilling,

in the serving operation isdirectly outward sired, and as shown, thewall 13 slopes upward from the strip rollsubstantially to the moistener,the forward edge of said wall extendingto such point as to insure thefree end of the strip, after severance,-being positioned out of contactwith the til further draft upon the strip is made. In the-present formof my invention, I have in Figs. 1, 2 and 4;, shown the forward edge ofthe wall as sufliciently prolonged to overlie slightly the rearportionof the moistener, though obviously the extent of the wall for-' ward maybe varied within the scope, of my invention, so long as the purpose iseffected of preventing contact of the strip with the moistener afterseverance and before further draft upon the strip. The upward slope ofthe wall 13 permits the employment of a moistener and tank or reservoirof suffiavoid constant or .very

roll to be supported whole device compact. But more important than this,the upward slope of the wall 13 with the consequent direction ofmovement of the strip followed by the outward mois toner-contactingtravel of the stripinsures an effective moistening contact ofthe stripwith the moistener without excessive downward deflection of the strip.It will be further noted that the strip contacts flatwise with the wall14 from a point close to the strip wall I substantially to the moistenerand that the strip guiding means overlies the wall 13 between the striproll and the moistener.

In Fig. 5,1 have shown, in place of the moistening roller 5, an archshaped wick 14 having its depending ends immersed within the liquid ofthe tank 6 and presentinga moistened area over which the strip isadapted to be drawn, as in the case of the roller in Fig. 5. Althoughthe inclosing and protecting wall 13 is shown in Fig. 5 as terminatingover the mid portion ofthe arch, so that the overlying strip ismoistened up to the point of severance only, the wall may be terminatedsomewhat short thereof, so that the portion of the wick shown in Fig. 5as underlying the end of the wall 13 may be available to contact withthe length of strip which is withdrawn and thereby more effectively-moistens the side thereof. In other words, the lip or forward edge ofthe wall 13 may overlie the wick 14: to any ,desired extent or may beterminated at the rear edge of such wick or short thereof. In such case,obviously a portion of the strip remaining would be slightly moistened,

moistener unwhile permitting the strip low, thus rendering the yalthough if it is desired to sever the strip substantially at the limitof the moistened area, the wick or roller might still be located asrepresented in Fig. 6, so that a larger portion-or area of the wick orroller than shown in Fig. 1 is available for moistening, while thesevering device, being located at the point where contact with themoistening element begins, is still effective for severing along theline which separates the moistened from the unmoistened portion.

It will be obvious that the specific construction as well as therelative location of the parts herein shown may be extensively variedwithout departing from the spirit of my invention, the detailedconstruction herein shown being submitted for the sole purpose ofpresenting one specific type or embodiment of my invention withoutintent or purpose to limit the same to the one form herein shown.

Claims:

1. A strip serving apparatus comprising in combination, strip holdingmeans, strip moistening means in the service path of the strip, stripsevering means, and a coneshaped guiding roller extending transverselyof the service path of the strip and having one end at least spacedtherefrom, the strip being defiectable against said roller in thesevering operation.

2. A strip serving apparatus comprising in combination, strip holdingmeans, strip moistening means in the service path of the strip, stripsevering means angularly positioned with respect to the normal servicepath of the strip, and strip guiding means extending transversely of andinclined to the normal service path of the strip, the latter beingsupported against said guiding means during severance. v

3. A strip serving apparatus having means for holding a strip from whichthe latter may be drawn in a turned or partly turned condition, atapering rollfor guiding the strip, a strip severing blade adjacent theservice path of the strip, the roller being located relatively to theblade to support the strip during severance, and strip moistening means.

4:. A strip serving apparatus having means for holding a strip fromwhich the'latter may be drawn in a turned or partly turned condition, atapering roller for guiding the strip, a substantially upright stripsevering blade adjacent the service path of the strip, the roller beinglocated relatively to the blade to support the strip during severance,and strip guiding means.

5. A strip serving apparatus having a support for a strip adapted to bedrawn therefrom, said support being shaped to permit the temporaryturning of the strip after leaving the holder and the return of thestrip tov its former unturned position,

means inclined to the service path of the strip for guiding the strip ator about the region of turn thereof to distribute the strain evenlythroughout, and moistening means positioned in the direct service pathof the strip to moisten the strip when it has been turned back to itssaid former unturned position.

6. A strip serving apparatus having a support for a strip adapted to bedrawn therefrom, said support permitting the temporary turning of thestrip after leaving the holder and the return of the strip to its formerunturned position, means inclined to the service path of the strip forguiding the strip at or about the region of turn thereof to distributethe strain evenly throughout, a severing blade positioned to sever thestrip when in turned position, and moistening means in the normalservice path of the strip and against which the strip is adapted to bedrawn when in unturned position. V

7. In a strip severing apparatus, the combination with strip holdingmeans of strip against.

8. In a strip severing apparatus, the combination with strip holdingmeans, of substantially cylindrical strip moistening means in theservice path of the strip, and a strip severing blade having its bodyand edge in a plane extending outwardly from the moistening means andsubstantially radial with respect to said moistening means.

9. A strip serving apparatus having strip holding means and a supportconstituting a path along which the strip may be served, strip severingmeans at an angle to the normal plane of the strip when upon saidsupport, and a strip guiding device intermediate the severing means andthe holding means and presenting a strip guiding sur- 1 face conformingto the strip when turned from its normal path, the said strip guidingdevice being positioned with respect to the support to permit turning ofthe strip to its normal path for severance. j 10. In a strip servingapparatus, the combination with strip holding means of a stripmoistening roller arranged in the service path of the strip, and a stripsevering blade closely adjacent said roller and arranged substantiallyradially with respect thereto, thereby to compel turning of the stripthereagainst for severance.

11. A strip serving apparatus having strip holding means from which thestrip is adapted .niovable strip guarding means and the strip supportand against which the strip is adapted to be deflected for severance,the relative position of the severing means strip support and moisteningmeans being such that after severance the strip issupi ported out ofcontact with the moistener, and the severing means and strip supportbeing in such relative positionthat the free end of the stripsubstantially coincides with the forward edge of the strip support afterstrip severance.

12. A strip serving apparatus comprising in combination, strip holdingmeans, a strip moistener in the normal service path of the strip, and astrip severing blade laterally beyond the service path of the stripadjacent to one lateral edge, of the strip and having its severing edgeat an angle with respect to the normal service path of the strip.

13. A strip serving apparatus having strip holding means from which thestrip is adapt-- ed to be drawn, strip moistening means, and a stripsevering blade positioned-laterally beyond the service path of the stripand against which the strip is adapted to be deflected lat erally forseverance.

'14. A strip serving apparatus-having strip. holding means from whichthe strip is adapted to be drawn, fixed strip serving means and normallyguarding said strip but movable therefrom for strip severance, and stripmoistening means.

15. A strip serving device comprising in combination, strip packagesupporting means, strip moistening means, strip severing means, stripguarding means for said severing means, and means between the strip andthe guarding means and operatively connected to the latter and adaptedto be engaged by the strip to expose the severing means.

16. A strip serving device comprising in combination package supportingmeans; strip moistening means, strip severing means directly over andclose to the moistening means, guarding means for the severing means,and a device connected to the guarding means and adapted to be moved bythe strip upon deflection of the latter to expose the severing means.

17. A strip serving apparatus comprising in combination, a strlp holder,a strip sup-' port extending therefrom and along which the strip isserved flatwise, a strip moistener, a strip severing blade at one sideof the service path of the strip, and a guard for the blade normallypositioned to guard the blade but relatively movable with respectthereto to permit exposure of the blade for severance of the strip.

18. In a strip serving apparatus, the combination of strip holdingmeans, strip moistening means in the normal service path of the strip,strip severing means and strip guiding means transversely inclined tothe normal path of the strip and spaced therefrom atone edge of thestrip andagainst which the strip is drawn in the severing operation.

19. In a strip serving apparatus, the combination with strip holdingmeans, strip moistening means, strip severing means, a slit guide forsaid strip, and means governed by said slit guide for rendering saidsevering means operative.

20. A strip serving apparatus comprising a holder, a strip support inadvance thereof and along which the strip may be drawn flatwise, meansfor moistening the strip when flatwise thereon, and a severing bladeangularly positioned with respect to said support at one side of thestrip and against which the strip is adapted to be turned for severance,said blade beingpositioned to sever the strip at substantially therearward limit of its moistened area.

21. A strip serving apparatus comprising a strip holder, a moistener inthe service path of the strip issuing from said holder, a strip guidingsupport or wall overhanging said moistener and a strip severing bladepositioned at substantially the forward edge of said wall or support,but above the same and against which the strip must be deflected forseverance, thereby to leave the projecting, unsevered end substantiallyco-terminal with the front edge of the wall after strip severance.

22. A strip serving device comprising in combination, a holder for astriproll and from which the strip may be manually drawn, a stripguiding plate extending from the holder and constituting a support alongwhich the strip may be drawn flatwise therefrom, a moistening rolleradjacent the forward endof said plateand across which the strip may bemanually drawn for severance, said guiding plate underlying the stripfrom the holder to the moistening roller, and at its forward endoverlying the latter, and a strip severing blade above the service pathof the stripand positioned to sever the strip at substantially therearward limit of its moistened area, and against which blade the 23. Astrip serving apparatus comprising in combination a support for a gummedstrip roll from which the strip may be manually drawn, a moisteningroller mounted for rotation in the service path of the and a severingblade above the service path of the strip and against which the strip isadaptedto be upwardly deflected for severance, said severing blade beingso located relative to the guiding plate that the strip may be severedthereby along a transverse line that is adjacent to the free end of saidguiding plate when the strip is resting thereon.

24. A strip serving device comprising in combination a strip roll holderor casing from which the strip may be manually unrolled, a moistenerconstantly supported in the service path of the strip and across whichthe strip may be manually drawn for moistening, a strip guiding andsupporting plate extending along but underlying the service path of thestrip and along which the stripmay be drawn flatwise from the holder,said plate at its forward end extending into proximity to the moistenerand supporting the free end of the strip out of contact therewith afterstrip severance, and a strip severing blade higher than the service pathof the strip but positioned to sever the strip at substantially therearward limit of the moistened area and against which blade the stripis upwardly deflected for severance, said severing blade and the guidingand supporting plate being relatively located in such position thatafter strip severance the free end of the strip substantially coincideswith the forward edge of the said plate.

25. A strip serving device comprising in combination a strip roll holderor casing from which the strip may be manually unrolled, a moistenerconstantly supported in the service path of the strip and across whichthe strip may be manually drawn for moistening, a strip guiding andsupporting plate extending along but underlying the service path of thestrip and along which the strip may be drawn substantially flatwise fromthe holder, said plate at its forward end extending in proximity to themoistener and supporting the free end of the moistener out of contacttherewith after strip severance, strip guiding means above but close tosaid plate and between which and said plate the strip passes, and asevering blade higher than the service path of the strip but positionedto sever the strip at substantially the rearward limit of the moistenedarea and against which blade the strip is upwardly deflected forseverance, said moistener and guiding and supporting plate beingrelatively located in such position that the free end of the strip,after strip severance, sub stantially coincides with the forward edge ofsaid plate. 7

26. A strip serving device comprising in combination a strip roll holderor casing from which the strip may be manually unrolled, a moistenerconstantly supported in the service path of the strip and across whichthe strip may be manually drawn for moistening, a strip guiding andsupporting plate extending along but underlying the service path of thestrip and along which the strip may be drawn substantially flatwise fromthe holder, said plate at" its forward end extending into proximity tothe moistener and supporting the free end of the strip out of contacttherewith but in proximity thereto after strip severance, and a stripsevering blade higher than the service path of the strip and againstwhich the strip is upwardly deflected for severance, said moistener andguiding and supporting plate be ing relatively located in such positionthat the free end of the strip, after strip severance, substantiallycoincides with the forward edge of said plate, the position of thesevering blade with relation to the moistener being such that the stripis severed thereby at substantially the limit of the moistened striparea, thus leaving an unmoistened strip end. 27. A strip serving devicecomprising in combination a strip roll holder or casing from which thestrip may be manually unrolled, a moistener constantly supported in theservice path of the strip and across which the strip may be manuallydrawn for moistening, a strip guiding and supporting plate extendingalong but underlying the service path of the strip and along which I thestrip may be drawn substantially flatwise from the holder, said platesloping upward from substantially the strip roll to a point in proximityto the moistener and terminating at a slightly higher level than theupper face of said moistener, thereby upon strip severance to supportthe strip out of contact with but close to the moistener, strip guidingmeans above but close to the strip guiding plate and between which andsaid plate the strip passes, and a strip severing blade higher than theservice path of the strip and against which the strip is upwardlydeflected for severance, the position of said severing blade withrespect to the moistener being such that the strip is severed thereby atsubstantially the limit of the moistened area.

28. A strip serving device comprising in combination, a strip rollholder, a moistener fixed in advance thereof in the service path of thestrip, an upwardly inclined support extending from the holder to themoistener and along which the strip may be drawn substantially flatwise,the forward of the strip; after severance being supported by theinclined support above and slightly out of contact with the moistener.

29. A strip serving apparatus having upright strip holding means fromwhich the strip is adapted to be drawn by the fingers of the operator, asubstantially straight strip support along which the strip is servedwhen drawn from the holding means, strip moistening means and stripsevering means positioned laterally beyond the service path of the stripfor severing the strip at substantially the limit of its moistened area,thus to leave no moistened end, the strip moistening means being solocated with 'respect to the holding means and the strip support thatthe strip may be drawn from the holding means fiatwise along saidsupport to the moistening means.

30. A strip serving apparatus having strip holding means from which thestrip is adapted to be served, moistening means, and strip severingmeans located between Copies of this patent may be obtained for theholding means and the moistening point at one side of the strip andnormally guarded from the strip but adapted to be exposed by service ofthe strip;

31. A strip servlng apparatus comprising 7 a strip support, a moistener1n the service path thereof, a strip guiding wall overhanging a portionof said moistener, and a strip severing blade positioned atsubstantially the forward edge of said wall laterally of the strip,thereby to sever the strip, so as to leave the projecting unsevered endsubstantially coterminal with the front edge of said Wall.

32. A strip serving apparatus comprise ing a strip support,a conicalguide for the strip, a moistener in advance of said guide, and stripsevering means so positioned that the strip may be deflected intosimultaneous engagement with the conical guide and severing means.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK S. ANABLE. Witnesses:

THOMAS B. BOOTH, BANCROFT G. DAVIS.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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